Cyphastrea kausti sp. n. (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia), a new species of reef coral from the Red Sea
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ArticleKAUST Department
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) DivisionMarine Science Program
Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)
Reef Ecology Lab
Date
2015-04-16Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/550821
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A new scleractinian coral species, Cyphastrea kausti sp. n., is described from 13 specimens from the Red Sea. It is characterised by the presence of eight primary septa, unlike the other species of the genus, which have six, ten or 12 primary septa. The new species has morphological affinities with Cyphastrea microphthalma, from which it can be distinguished by the lower number of septa (on average eight instead of ten), and smaller calices and corallites. This species was observed in the northern and central Red Sea and appears to be absent from the southern Red Sea.Citation
Cyphastrea kausti sp. n. (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia), a new species of reef coral from the Red Sea 2015, 496:1 ZooKeysPublisher
Pensoft PublishersJournal
ZooKeysPubMed ID
25931952PubMed Central ID
PMC4410153Additional Links
http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=5097ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.3897/zookeys.496.9433